Moshe Levy (athlete)

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Nativenameמשה לוי
Born1952 (age 7273)
Moshe Levy
Personal information
Native nameמשה לוי
Born1952 (age 7273)
Medal record
Representing  Israel
Paralympic Games
Men's para swimming
Gold medal – first place1968 Tel Aviv50m backstroke 4[1]
Gold medal – first place1972 Heidelberg3X50m medley[2]
Gold medal – first place1976 Toronto3X50m medley relay[3]
Gold medal – first place1976 Toronto4X50m freestyle relay[4]
Gold medal – first place1976 Toronto4X100m medley relay[5]
Gold medal – first place1976 Toronto50m backstroke 3[6]
Gold medal – first place1968 Tel Aviv3X50m medley relay[7]
Silver medal – second place1976 Toronto25m butterfly 3[8]
Bronze medal – third place1972 Heidelberg50m backstroke 4[9]
Bronze medal – third place1976 Toronto3X25m individual medley[10]
Men's wheelchair basketball
Gold medal – first place1980 ArnhemWheelchair basketball
Silver medal – second place1972 HeidelbergWheelchair basketball
Silver medal – second place1976 TorontoWheelchair basketball

Moshe Levy (Hebrew: משה לוי; born 1952) is an Israeli paralympic champion.

Levy was born in Israel in 1952 and contracted polio as a young baby. In 1962 he began practicing at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled, focusing on swimming and wheelchair basketball. That same year he attended for the first time the competition for swimming across the Sea of Galilee, in which he later took part for 13 consecutive years.

Over the years Levy participated in various international competitions, including seven Paralympic Games. He won 6 paralympic medals as an individual and 7 more in swimming relay teams and as a member of the Israeli wheelchair basketball team.[11]

In later years Levy remains active in sports and plays at "Kessem" basketball team, operated by an organization for promotion of paralympic sports. In 2003 - 2004 he coached his team.

He married paralympic athlete Chemda Levy.[12]

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